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Altova provides numerous resources to help developers create XML and database content editing applications that enable business users to manage multi-channel publishing, document management, data entry, and other mission critical tasks – without being exposed to the underlying XML or database formats. Learn about XML and database content editing and relevant support in Altova applications below.

Information is the lifeblood of every company or organization, and XML applications and relational databases provide significant efficiencies in information management and storage. However, XML and database technologies generally do not provide user-friendly interfaces for non-technical users to edit data. Since these are the very users who most often create and manage business content, it’s important for them to be able to work with data in XML and databases with ease. Find out more about XML and database content creation and Altova tools by following the links below.

Since authors of business content are typically not highly technical, easy-to-use interfaces that shield them from the technology that drives communications can substantially boost productivity. Authentic allows business users to simply fill in electronic forms using the word processor-style WYSIWYG interface, and the corresponding content is automatically written to a valid XML document or database behind the scenes.

Authentic is available free of charge in desktop and browser-based editions.

Developers can use Altova StyleVision® 2008 to create Authentic electronic forms for editing by non-technical business users.

The same design that creates the Authentic form simultaneously produces XSLT 1.0/2.0 and XSL:FO stylesheets to transform this content into HTML, RTF, PDF, and/or Word 2007 (OOXML) formats.

The flexible, customizable nature of XML has allowed various industries to create standard XML formats and vocabularies specific to their unique requirements. These standards have proven invaluable for efficient content creation and management, and Altova provides support for a large number of these popular content models.

Altova Authentic® 2008, XMLSpy® 2008, and StyleVision® 2008 include ready-to-use, visual templates for editing XML documents based on some of the most important industry standard vocabularies, including DocBook, DITA, NewsML, NITF, RIXML, TEI, and others.

Download Authentic® 2008 and a free trial of StyleVision® 2008 today to see how Altova tools can simplify XML and database content editing in your organization!